Toy airplane



J. BOTT TOY AIRPLANE.

March 3, 1931.

Filed Feb. 24, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Ease/2h, 80 ii 11.1.1: ATTORNEY J. BOTT TOY AIRPLANE March 3, 1931.

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TOY AIRPLANE Application filed February 24, ead seiiaizseyie.

The present linventionrelates to toy air' 1 planes, and anobject thereof is'to provide a construction in which the fuselage is supported by a stemdepending from the fuse-' lage, a propeller being supported by the stem lying in front of the fuselage so that it may turn under the action of the wind. Another object of the invention is to provide a novel blank for. forming the fuselageof a toy airplane. A further objectof the invention is to provide a novel means of connecting a supporting stem to a fuselage bodyof a toy airplane. Still another object of the inven tionis to provide a novel means of supporting a wind operatecllpropeller in associated "relation to the fuselage of a toy airplane. A

stillfurther object of the invention is to utilize the shaft of the propeller as-a means for securing a portion of the fuselage blank in operative position.

To these and other ends the invention 0011- sists of certain parts and combination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter clescribed: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: I o Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a toy airplane constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical. central section through the toy;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3, 2; s Fig. 1 is a fragmentary section through the propeller showing it mounted on thepro-o peller shaft;

' 4 Fig. 5 is the plan view of the wings;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank forming the fuselage; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary vlew partially in section of the rudder end of the fuselage.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the fuselage is made from a single blank formed of three sections 1, 2 and 3, the section 2 being intermediate of the sections 1 and and being connected to the sections 1 and 3 on folded lines 4 which converge toward the rear-end of the blank, the forwardends of the sections being spaced at 5, the edges of the spaces diverging. When the blank is I condition.

forward end of the fuselage to taper infits' sides and top, The spaced end portions of the sections 1, 2 and 3 are held together pref-w erably iby tongues 6, 7 and 8 extendedrespec ti'vely from the sections 1,2 and 3 and bent laterally, on the lines 9, 10, and 11 respectively'to overlap, these tongues having perfo rations 12 through which any suitable fastening device maybe passed. The sections 1' and 3 may have wheel simulating extensions 13 at their outer edges: and the surfaces of the sections land 3 may be ornamented at-14 to" simulate the windows and doors of the fuselagei .v The rudder 'of tliemaChine may. be formed by providing a widened extended port-ion 15 on the section 3 so that when the fuselageis bent intoshape the section 15 will pr'Q ectbeyond the section 1 and upwardly above the side walls. A fastening device 16 may bejpassedthrough the sections 1 and 3 to hold the rearend of the fuselage in closed A1 D Y Lmeansofsupporting the fuselage may consist .of a sterner rod 17 which has its upper end lying beneath the top section 2 so that a pinor fastener 18 driven into the 1 top section may anchor vthe stem to the fuselage. Thisflpin vorfa'stener 18 may also be passed through a flat elongated plane or wing member 19 which abuts the upper surface of the top section 2 and projeetsbeyond the sides 1 and 3. i I

V Vith the end in View of bracing the connection betweenthe stem 17 and the top wall 2 ofthe fuselagea brace'may be provided comprising, in this instance, ahorizontal portion 20 having upwardly extending end portions21 formed with prongs 22 at their upper ends passed through the openings 23 in thetop section 2;and bent over said top section to anchor the upwardly extending portions 21 to thjetop section '2. The horizontal portion 20 is provided with an opening 7 23 through which 'thestem passes ata point removed from the top wall on section 2'. 7

At the forward end of the fuselage may be provided a propeller simulating member 24 ported by th'estein 17 and the brace for lthe stein. A sleeve 27 Tniay' surround theshaft 25 between the propeller 24c and the forward end of the fuselage while the washer 28 may surround the stem 25 in front of the propeller 24. v x

'A" toy' airplane constructed in accordance with thisinvention is supported by astem n o d in thehands of the user, the stem being cf fectively connected to the fusela e. The fuselage is of novel construction and lIlGX pensive tomanufacture The shaft "of the propeller or wind wheel not only acts to hold: the forward end of the fuselage in a centered position but it is rigidly secured to the stem and to a brace which supports the stem rigidly on the fuselage. I

l Vhat I'claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent isz" 1. A toy airplane comprising a fuselage,

a stem secured inits upper end tothe fuse lage,'a brace engaging the stern and'the fuselage to support'the stein, a shaft secured to and engaging the stem, supported by the brace'to one side of the" stennand extending n forwardly within'the fuselage from said stem and through the front wall of, the latter, and a propeller mounted toturn on the shaft. 2. A toy airplane comprising a fuselage, a stem secured at its upper end to the top wall of the fuselage and depending from said fuselage, a brace 1 through which the stem passes having two arms extending upwardly on opposite sides of the stein andsecured to the'top wall of the fuselage, said brace'hav mg an eye, a shaft anchored at 1ts inner end 111 the stem projecting through said eye within the fusela e 'ltS forward end 1 in 111 front b 7 I D at itsv rear end.

A toy airplane comprising afuselage,

astem havingits upperend abutting the inner face of the top wall of the fuselage and depending below the fuselage, a wing member abutting the outer face of the top wall of the fuselage,'a pin passed through the wing inen'iher and the top wall of the fuselage into the stem, a shaft-projecting forwardly from thesteni within'the fuselage and supported in the front wall of the fusela "an d a propeller mounted toturn on the forward end of the shaft.

(3. In a toy airplane, the combination with a fuselage having atop wall and afront wall,

and a propeller, of an upright stein secured to-the top wall of the fuselage, and a fixed shaft supporting said propeller, said shaft extendin throu h the front wall of the fusela'ge rbeing secured tolfthe supporting stem O H BOTT- of the fuselage,- and a propeller mounted to turn on such-a forward end.

3. A toy airplane comprising a fuselage having aitop "wall and depending side walls and open at its bottom, a stem secured to the top 'wall' at its upper end anddepending below said fuselage, a brace having a horizontal portion providedwith an opening through whichthe stem passes and having two arms lying on opposite sides of the stem, projecting upwardly'and secured to the top wall of thefuselage, said brace having an eye, a shaft secured to the stem, extending through the eye and thebrace' and projecting from the front end of the fuselage, and a propeller mounted on the forward end of the shaft.

4. A toy airplane comprising fuselage formed'fro'm athree section blank providlco 

